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Spirit of the Laws (1743) doesn’t believe that absolute monarchy is the best way of government

Montesquieu

The Social Contract (1762)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

leader of the physiocrats: talked about getting government out of the economy, against mercantilism believed in laissez-faire: government say out of economy.

Francois Quesnay

The Wealth of Nations (1776) really encouraged government to be out of the economy; like a supply-and-demand sort of economy.

Adam Smith

: believed that there was no God so no moral code outside of human life. People decide what values are and what is moral and ethical

Mettrie

King of France before Napoleon's rule; attempted property tax, this would be taxing the 2nd Estate because they own most of the property.

Louis XVI

leader of Jacobins; played major role in the Reign of Terror

Robespierre

saved the directory and becomes a hero; born in Corsica; was a lieutenant when revolution started in 1789; defeated a Royalist group in 1795 and became a general; in 1797-1799 wanted to take control of India and went through Egypt to do so, Britain cut off the supply to Napoleon so he had to turn back; blames this lose on the government; overthrows the directory in 1799; is the First Consul in the Consulate which is made up of 3 men but doesn’t like this so he oust them and becomes Emperor in 1804 until 1815; starts to conquer Europe but Russia get tired of this

Napoleon Bonaparte

Austria’s Prime Minister, wanted things to go back to how they were; conservatist.

Metternich

came after Louis XVIII died; ruled like a monarch, 3 estates lost; 2 groups- nobility and industrialists, over took by Louis Phillipe

Charles X

prime minister of Italy; driving force, wanted to fight Austria

Count Cavour

King of Italy; constitutional monarchy

Victor Emmanuel II

prime minister of Prussia; wanted to get Austrian influence out of area but first declared war on Denmark with the help of Austria and they split Denmark

Otto Von Bismarck

King of Prussia

William I

he was a socialist and was against capitalist, thought workers should over throw owner, this would lead to a revolution and a classless society, lead to no need for government because everyone does/knows what’s right

Karl Marx

took over after Charles X

Louis Phillipe

nephew of Bonaparte; leader of Second French Empire

Napoleon III

Parsifal, The Ring of the Niebelungs (opera) pre-Christian tradition opera, played on anti-Semitic feelings.

Richard Wagner

ruler of the Russian government after Nicholas I, freed the serfs in 1861, opened the borders which improved relations with other European countries.

Alexander II

King Wilhelm of Germany; got rid of Bismarck and his treaties with France and Russia do not get renewed

William II

Essay on Population (1798), Malthus ratio: every 25 years the population would double and we will use up all our resources and cause starvation; lead to there being a concern for population control

Thomas Malthus

invented the Steamship

James Watt

dictator of Russia; leader of the Bolsheviks; Marxist

Vladamir Lenin

King Wilhelm of Germany; got rid of Bismarck and his treaties with France and Russia do not get renewed

William II

czar of Russia but the Russians wanted to end the war so they killed him out and got a new government

Czar Nicholas II

1912 organized the Fascist party (opposed communism): 1 party state, government runs media, no free elections, and secret police. In 1922 governs Italy and turns the economy around and reestablished Italy’s power.

Benito Mussolini

Essay on Population (1798), Malthus ratio: every 25 years the population would double and we will use up all our resources and cause starvation; lead to there being a concern for population control

Thomas Malthus

Austrian but lives in Germany, artist, fought in WW I, joined Nazis in 1919 and shortly becomes the ruler, blames all of Germanys problems on the Jews, gets arrested and write Mein Kampf while in jail, becomes chancellor in 1933, become president when current president dies and Nazi have control of the government.

Adolf Hitler

invented the Steamship

James Watt

Japan’s Prime Minister who has total control of military and starts taking over other countries, makes US mad so we stop economically supporting them, leads to attacks on Pearl Harbor.

Hideki Tojo

dictator of Russia; leader of the Bolsheviks; Marxist

Vladamir Lenin

American General and commander of Allied Forces during WWII who retook the Philippines from the Japanese

MacArthur

czar of Russia but the Russians wanted to end the war so they killed him out and got a new government

Czar Nicholas II

prime minister of Britain during WWII

Winston Churchill

1912 organized the Fascist party (opposed communism): 1 party state, government runs media, no free elections, and secret police. In 1922 governs Italy and turns the economy around and reestablished Italy’s power.

Benito Mussolini

Austrian but lives in Germany, artist, fought in WW I, joined Nazis in 1919 and shortly becomes the ruler, blames all of Germanys problems on the Jews, gets arrested and write Mein Kampf while in jail, becomes chancellor in 1933, become president when current president dies and Nazi have control of the government.

Adolf Hitler

Japan’s Prime Minister who has total control of military and starts taking over other countries, makes US mad so we stop economically supporting them, leads to attacks on Pearl Harbor.

Hideki Tojo

American General and commander of Allied Forces during WWII who retook the Philippines from the Japanese

MacArthur

prime minister of Britain during WWII

Winston Churchill

dictator after Lenin in Russia

Joseph Stalin

took office in 1933, implemented new economic plan to get out of the depression called the New Deal, Americans stuck with FDR instead of turning to communism and fascism

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Political analyst, advisor and diplomat, in charge of long-range planning for the State Department following World War II. He developed the concept of "containment" as a strategy to keep Soviet influence from expanding and maintain the status quo.

George Kennan

replaces Stalin as ruler of Soviet Union, knows that comminist is different than democracy but believes we should all still get along and exist together, ruled from 1956-1964

Khrushchev

ruler of Cuba; 1959 Cuban Revolution, communist and ruler so Cuba is now a communist country, wealthy Cubans lost their land so they fled to the US, Cuba is now getting economic support from Soviet Union, we cut off Cuba and their goods

Fidel Castro

communist leader of China from 1943-1976, While in power, he collectivized industry and agriculture under the Great Leap Forward. Unfortunately, because of the Great Leap Forward, 20 million people starved to death. He forged, and later split, an alliance with the Soviet Union

Mao Zedong

chancellor for West Germany (noncommunist parts) from 1949-63, punished Nazis, gave pension to Jews, and poured money into rebuilding West Germany.

Konrad Adenaur

West German Chancellor after Adenauer, against Soviet/communist East Europe, was chancellor when Germany was reunified and put lots of money into it

Helmut Kohl

General who invented the Free French forces in WW II, then became president of France for short while, reestablished the Fifth Republic, resigned in 1969

Charles Degualle

Prime Minister of Britain from 1945-1951 right after Churchill

Clement Attlee

first women Prime Minister of Britain, severed as longest prime minister from 1979-1990 when you resigned

Margaret Thatcher

Soviet Union not happy with Khrushchev and how he dealt with the Cuban Missile Crisis so they replace him with Brezhnev in 1964

Leonid Brezhnev

ruler after Brezhnev, 1985, believed in reconstruction and openness, ruler until end of Soviet Union in 1991

Mikhail Gorbachev

ruler of Russia in 1990 who announced Russia’s limited independence, led to disbanding of Soviet Union.